Improved canteen



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UNITED STATES PATENT 1 OFFICE.

FRANCIS GARDNER, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

CANTEEN.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS GARDNER, of Roxbury, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an `Improved Army-Canteen, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,mak ing part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a view of myiniproved canteen with thecover removed; Fig.` 2, a view of the cover, which serves also as a drinking-cup; Fig. 3, a longitudinal vertical section through the center of the canteen; Fig. 4, a transverse vertical section upon the line g] y of Fig. 3.

My invention has for its object to embrace in a single `canteen a space for water and a compartment for rations, a space for a pipe or other small articles, a drinkingcup, and a Waterlter, all arranged in a compact space, and so that while the water may be drawn from the very bottom of the canteen thedrinking-tube may be removed at pleasure for` the purpose of filling or cleansing the Water-chamber. About two-thirds of the body of the canteen is occupied by the water-ch amber A, which is separated from the compartment for containing the rations, B, by the partition C. The door D opens into the compartment B.

Above the divisions A and B is a space, E, for carrying small articles, and at one end of` this space is a smaller one, F, which is furnished with a hinged cover, H, for holding matches, &c.

Specification forming part of Leters Patent No. 36,835. dated November 4, 1862.`

The cover G is made to slidevdown over the top of the canteen, and, when removed, `as seen in Fig. 2, furnishes a drinking-cup, thus dispensing with' the ordinary tin cup. AA metallic tube, I, having a strainer ora iilter upon its lower end, is fitted by means of a screw, g, to the can, and arranged, Fig. 3, to descend to near the bottom of the watercompartment. To the upper end of the tube I is adapted a flexible tube, K, of sufficient length to reach' the mouth, and having a mouth-piece, h, at itsother extremity, by which means all the Water may be drawn from the canteen without removing or tipping it up. I

One side of the canteen is curved to adapt it to the body, and upon the curved side there are staples, L, through which the belt may be passed, `and also buttons, to which straps, P,

may be `attached when it is desired to suspend the canteen from the shoulders.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described canteen,with its vari-` ous compartments, removable drinking-tube,

and lter, constructed and arranged as described.

FRANCIS GARDNER.

Witnesses: y

SAME. COOPER, e

P. E. TEscHEMAcHER. 

